Indian Fry Bread Recipe

Indian fry bread recipes used to be a part
of the staple diet for predominantly for Native American people in the United States of
America.

Indian fry bread seems to find a permanent
place in all the state fairs across the US.

The history of the Indian fry
bread recipe dates back to the eighteenth century. The Navajo’s are the native tribes of
United States of America and they used to plant crops in the fertile
lands.

They mostly carried on trade with Spanish,
Apache Indians, and Mexicans, who were considered the pioneers of trade in that
era.

But
during 1840’s they tried to capture the land of the Navajo, and numerous disagreements took the shape of a
battle.

Many people of Navajo
were captured and held captive for four years and during this time the government only supplied
salt, sugar, flour, and yeast; these simple ingredients gave birth to the Indian fry bread
recipe.

How are Indian fry bread recipes utilized? The fried bread is converted
into Indian tacos when a topping of beans, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and beef is spread
over the bread.

The
Indian fry bread recipe not only serves as the base for Indian tacos, but it can also be relished with a dollop
of jelly. One can also sprinkle powdered sugar over the bread, and devour it as a
snack.

Indian
Fried Bread Recipes

It is
quite simple to prepare this type of bread and the ingredients required are readily available in many kitchens.
Even the procedure is not lengthy as it only requires about fifteen minutes for the
preparation!

One version of an Indian fry bread recipe is as follows:
ingredients include a half tablespoon of salt, three quarter cup of water, two tablespoon of
baking powder, one tablespoon of vegetable oil, and two cups of flour.

Next, all the ingredients should be mixed together.

Next,
dough is to be made in the form of small balls which eventually need to be flattened like pancakes, and a hole
needs to be poked at the centre of pancake shaped dough.

Then, oil should be added to the frying pan and the dough should be fried
until both its sides color gets transformed into golden brown.

Lastly, they should be placed on tissue papers so that the excess oil can be
absorbed efficiently.

That’s it!
Your relatively simple and straightforward Indian fry bread recipe! We also provided a video for you above, for
further explanation!